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No. 364,342. PatentedJune '7. 1887.

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G. H. GRBBENSTE'IN.

MACHINE FOR CASTING OANDIES.

No. 364,342. Patented June 7, 1887.

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. jacket, A, for steam or hot water, by which at the lowerfront part ofthe receptacle, a detachable gage having dischargeholes and noses UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. GREBENSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR CASTING CANDIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,342, dated June '7,1887.

Application filed Drcembcr Q7, 1886. Serial No.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. GREBEN' STEIN, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMachines for Casting Oandies, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine for casting or droppingcandies, such as gum-drops, cream-candies, and other round or ornamentalconfectionery which are run into starch orindia-rubber molds; andtheinvention consists of a machine for casting or dropping candycomposed of a jacketed receptacle having an inclined bottom, atransverse opening formed below said holes, a vertically-reciprocatingknife guided in front of said gage and operated by a pivoted lever-framefor opening or closing the dischargeholes of the gage,and a stop deviceoperated by said lever-frame for imparting to the receptacle astep-by-step motion over the mold,as will be fully describedhereinafter, and finally be pointed out in the claims.

In the aecon'ipanying drawings, Figure 1 rep resents a verticallongitudinal section on line 7 y, Fig. 2, of my improved machine foreasting or dropping candies. Fig. 2is a front elevation of the same,showing the mold in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view, partly in horizontalsection on line or at, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a side view of the machine,showing the device for intermittently moving the machine forward orbackward over the mold.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a receptacle for the paste ofwhich the candy or other confectionery is made. The receptacle A is madeof double walls, so as to form a the paste at the interior of thereceptacle is kept in a proper degree of liquidity. The bottom of thereceptacle A is made slanting toward the front wall, which latter isprovided with a transverse opening, a, at the lower end of the bottom.The opening a communicates with an interchangeable gage,B,havingdropholes I), one gage having a smaller number of larger holes andanother gage a larger number of smaller holes, so that candies of dif122, 583. (No model.)

ferent sizes can be cast or dropped by the machine. The jacket A, formedby the double walls of the receptacle, is connected with v that the gatecan be raised or lowered from the.

outside of the receptacle.

The gate 0 can be guided in any suitable manner on the receptacle, andserves forshutting off the discharge-opening a wheneveritis desired tochange the gage from one size to a11- other. are preferably madeslanting,so that the pasty mass in the receptacle can readily flowthrough the same to the outside of the gage, being dropped along noses(1, formed by the recesses or notches cl, which are arrangedintermediately between the holes, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The noses(Z prevent the running together of the drops and facilitate the droppingof the same into the starch or rubber mold D, that is located below themachine on the table on which the machine is supported.

The receptacle A is placed on wheels, which are guided on rails of thetable and intermittently moved backward or forward over the mold D, soas to successively fill the depressions of the same with candies. It isobvious that, instead of making the receptacle movable and the moldstationary, the receptacle may be made stationary and the mold movable.

At the front wall of the receptacle A, and close to the gage B, isguided in suitable ways, 6, a reciprocating knife, E, whichis hinged bystraps c to a transverse bar or stay, E, of a leverframe, Ff, which ispivoted to the side walls of the receptacle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.The lever frame E is moved downward by the attendant, so thattheknifeEis lowered when the required quantity of paste has been deliveredthrough the holes, so as to cut off the drops, or raised so that theknife E clears the disehargeholes b and permits them to de liver anotherset of drops to the mold. After The discharge-holes b of the gage B ICOone set of drops have been cut off and delivered to the mold, thereceptacle is moved backward over the next row of depressions of themold, the motion being interrupted by an intermittently-actuated stopdevice, F, which consists of two notched wheels, f, that are pivoted tothe lower parts of the side walls of the receptacle and engaged byfulcrumed pawls f, the upper ends of which are engaged by the pivotedside arms of the lever-frame E, sothat the lower ends of the pawl arereleased from the notches of the wheels f whenever the lever-frame E andknife E are lowered, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. at.

As soon as the pawls f are withdrawn from the notches of the wheels f,the receptacle A can be moved backward over the mold for the distance ofone tooth of the stop-wheels.- By the raising of the frame and knife thepawlsf are released and dropped by gravity into the next notch of thestop-wheels, so as to interrupt the backward motion and stop thereceptacle, which is then heldin position by its own weight and thefriction of the stop-wheels with the supporting-table until the pawlsare released again. In this manner a step-by-step motion thatcorresponds to the distance between the centers of the rows ofdepressions of the molds is imparted to the receptacle. For differentsizes of gages and depressions in the molds differently notchedstop-wheels are used.

It is obvious that in place of stop-wheels any other equivalent stopdevice may be used,- such as a rack-bar fixed to thetable andintermittently-locking droppins or any other suit able device, as I donot confine myself -to the 7 special stop mechanism shown.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A machine for casting or dropping can dies,constructed with a jacketed receptacle having a transverse frontopening, an interchangeable gage provided with discharge-holes in frontof said openings and drop-noses below said holes, and with avertically-reciprocating knife for cutting off the drops, substantiallyas set forth.

2. In a machine for casting or dropping can dies, constructed with ajacketed receptacle having a slanting bottom and a transverse frontopening, an interchangeable gage having discharge-holes and drop-nosesbelow said holes, a vertically-reciprocating knife in front of saidgage, and a lever-frame for operating said knife, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination, withapastereceptacle mounted on wheels and having atransverse discharge-opening, of a gage having dischargeholes and avertically-guided knife, a leverframe for operating said knife, and anintermittently-actuated device operated by said lever-frame,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES II. GREBENSTEIN.

Witnesses:

PAUL GonPnL, MARTIN IETRY.

